Plantography research of feet and estimation of the quality of the life of children keen on dancing

Abstract

Objective: influence of ballroom dancing, folk and contemporary dance choreography on the functional state of the foot of children and the comparison of the quality of life of dancing children and their peers. Materials and Methods: 183 children at the age of 3-16 dancing in choreographic groups of the Udmurt Republic underwent the plantographic examination of the functional state of the feet. The questioning of 83 children-ballroom dancers (main group) and 78 peers (comparison group) from the Udmurt Republic with the help of translated PedsQL questionnaire was used for determination of the life quality. Results: the following prevalence of changes of longitudinal arches among children of 3-7 years old wasdetected: 21±3 personsin ballroom dancing and 60±1 persons in contemporary choreography (p

Keywords

• children
• the quality of life
• ballroom dancing
• pathology
• feet